Rule.By.Law.The.Politics.of.Courts.in.Authoritarian.Regimes.May.2008

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1、P1:KAECUUS176-FMcuus1769780521895903April1,200819:34ThispageintentionallyleftblankiiP1:KAECUUS176-FMcuus1769780521895903April1,200819:34rulebylaw:thepoliticsofcourtsinauthoritarianregimesScholarshavegenerallyassumedthatcourtsinauthoritarianstatesarepawnsoftheirregimes,

2、upholdingtheinterestsofgoverningelitesandfrustratingtheeffortsoftheiropponents.Asaresult,nearlyallstudiesincomparativejudicialpoliticshavefocusedondemocraticanddemocratizingcountries.Thisvolumebringstogetherleadingscholarsincomparativejudicialpoliticstoconsiderthecause

3、sandconsequencesofjudicialempowermentinauthoritarianstates.Itdemonstratesthewiderangeofgovernancetasksthatcourtsperform,aswellasthewayinwhichcourtscanserveascriticalsitesofcontentionbothamongtherulingeliteandbetweenregimesandtheircitizens.Drawingonempiricalandtheoretic

4、alinsightsfromeverymajorregionoftheworld,thisvolumeadvancesourunderstandingofjudicialpoliticsinauthoritarianregimes.TomGinsburgisProfessorofLawandPoliticalScienceattheUniversityofIllinois.HeistheauthorofJudicialReviewinNewDemocracies(CambridgeUniversityPress,2003),whic

5、hwontheC.HermanPritchettAwardfromtheAmericanPoliticalScienceAssociationforthebestbookonlawandcourtsin2004.Ginsburgservesasco-directoroftheComparativeConstitutionsProjectattheUniversityofIllinoisandrunsthePrograminAsianLaw,PoliticsandSociety.TamirMoustafaisAssociateProf

6、essorofInternationalStudiesandJarislowskyChairinReligionandCulturalChangeatSimonFraserUniversity,BritishColumbia.HeistheauthorofTheStruggleforConstitutionalPower:Law,Poli-ticsandEconomicDevelopmentinEgypt(CambridgeUniversityPress,2007)andanumberofarticlesoncomparativel

7、awandsociety,religionandpolitics,andstate-societyrelationsintheMiddleEast.iP1:KAECUUS176-FMcuus1769780521895903April1,200819:34iiP1:KAECUUS176-FMcuus1769780521895903April1,200819:34RulebyLaw:ThePoliticsofCourtsinAuthoritarianRegimesEditedbyTOMGINSBURGUniversityofIllino

8、isTAMIRMOUSTAFASimonFraserUniversity,BritishColumbiaiiiCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,Cap